All Memorial/Obituary Articles

Colleagues and customers have been paying tribute to Mark Nolan, product development director of rental software company MCS, who passed away on 3 November 2011.

It is with enormous regret that we announce the passing of Lars-Petter Godenhielm on Tuesday 8 February, aged 70. Mr Godenhielm, the owner of Dinolift and one of the great personalities of the European powered access business, finally lost his battle with a serious illness.

It is with regret that we report the death of Kevin Bright, chairman and long-standing director of Selwood, the UK pump manufacturer and rental company. Mr Bright, aged 51, passed away after a long battle with cancer.

Carl Kaeser, chief executive officer of Kaeser Kompressoren GmbH, passed away on 8 July 2009, shortly after his 95th birthday.

Vermeer Corp founder Gary Vermeer died on 2 February aged 90 and 60 years after he founded the business with his cousin.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our friend and colleague, Peter Sullivan.

RSC Equipment Rental is creating an annual Freek Nijdam Award for its employees in memory of its former chief executive officer who recently passed away.

Freek Nijdam, the Atlas Copco executive and former chief executive officer of RSC Equipment Rental, has died aged 67 following an illness.